title: Diagnosis of iliopsoas pyomyositis by ultrasonography and CT.
abstract: A patient with iliopsoas muscle pyomyositis was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotics alone. The diagnosis was made by ultrasonography and X-ray computed tomography after five days of spiking fevers. Ultrasonography and X-ray computed tomography revealed swelling of the muscle body but no abscess formation. We emphasize the usefulness of early diagnostic imaging to allow conservative treatment of iliopsoas muscle pyomyositis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sudo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography